04 May 2011
Yorkon Launches Revolutionary New Design for Retail Kiosks
Award-winning off-site construction specialist, Yorkon, has launched a revolutionary new design for retail kiosks which can be open and serving customers less than 24 hours after the arrival of the building on site.
Measuring just 4.8m x 4.8m (240sqft) and designed to take up the equivalent of only two standard car parking bays, the kiosk has a slimmer floor allowing it to be located on a supermarket site, retail park or in a car park.
Built to permanent standards whilst still being relocatable, each kiosk arrives at its location fully fitted out with all electrics, glazing, door, roller shutter, and counters to reduce work on site to less than 24 hours.
This is a fast, flexible and sustainable retail solution, which can provide retailers and developers with increased trading weeks for a new outlet, a faster return on investment and less disruption to customers.
Applications for the new retail kiosk include retail banking, opticians, pharmacies, coffee bars, fast food, mobile phone outlets and bakeries. The floor design allows access without the need for steps.
One of the first retailers to use the new concept is Timpson to offer key cutting, shoe repair and dry cleaning services at a number of supermarket locations.
John Monks, Project Manager at Timpson, said, "We have been impressed with the efficiency benefits and the value for money off-site construction can bring to our business. It is just not feasible to use traditional methods of construction at trading supermarkets so we need to move the building work off site. Yorkon has proved to be very flexible, has delivered what we needed, and very quickly."
David Johnson, Director and General Manager, of Yorkon, said, "This is an exciting and innovative new development in off-site construction which can offer significant commercial benefits to leading retailers and developers, and with none of the difficulties, disruption or inconvenience of traditional expansion. The design and layout of each kiosk can also be tailored to meet a customer's specific business requirements."
Yorkon is the UK's market leader in off-site construction solutions for the retail sector. Yorkon has worked with Tesco for more than 10 years, and has delivered more than 200 modular building projects for the food retailer - from convenience and petrol filling station stores to award-winning 10,000sqft interim supermarkets and a 28,000sqft eco-store.
Yorkon is part of the Portakabin Group.
Editor's Notes
The advantages of off-site construction for retail projects include:
- Programme times reduced by up to 50 per cent, allowing earlier completion and a faster return on investment
- Reduced disruption to trading and customers' shopping experience
- Up to 90 per cent fewer vehicle movements to site
- Safer, quieter and cleaner construction
- Improved quality and reduced future maintenance
- A high level of design flexibility, both internally and externally
- Traditionally-constructed supermarkets can be expanded without decanting
- Improved thermal efficiency for lower running costs and reduced carbon emissions
- Greater cost control
- Material wastage reduced by up to 90 per cent
- Delivery on time and on budget - Yorkon completed 99 per cent of projects on time and on budget in the past year.
